Germany to get Boost from Etihad Airways

According to reports, Etihad Airways will be increasing its Abu Dhabi to Frankfurt, Germany services. As of now the amount of flights is set to go up from 10 to 13 a week starting in December. Then it will be increasing to a double daily service starting March of next year.

The Etihad Airways flights to Frankfurt, Germany, which got its start in June of 2005, are among some of the most popular of the carrier’s European services. These services actually provide a lot of traffic into Abu Dhabi from Germany. However, the route also gets a lot of transit traffic to destinations like Sydney, Kuala Lumpur, and Bangkok.

The chief executive of Etihad Airways, James Hogan, said that Frankfurt, Germany has been one of Etihad Airways’ most successful destinations for a long time. This is due to its strong volumes of business and leisure passengers that travel both to and from that area. He went on to say that Abu Dhabi’s geographical location makes it the perfect place to serve as a gateway to other areas like Australia, the Far East and the Middle East.

These brand new flights will now ensure that passengers flying out of Frankfurt, Germany will be able to choose from more than 80 connecting flights into of Abu Dhabi with transit times of less than four hours. This does include Johannesburg, Cape Town, Beijing, and Kathmandu.

Frankfurt is the largest city in the German state of Hess, and the fifth largest city in all of Germany. On top of the additional flights into Frankfurt, Etihad Airways will be increasing its flights to other places in Germany, like Munich.